Cleaned my mats today! (pics)

[jhallhall]

Today I decided to clean my floor mats. As I do not have a hot water carpet extractor I used my:

• Pressure Washer
• Woolite
• Scrub Brush
• Shop Vac
• Ice scraper (perfect to use as squeegee)

Before Picture



I started by squirting the mats with a little water. I then sprayed them with woolite and added more where needed. I scrubbed with my brush all different way to loosen the dirt:



Next I let the woolite soak in and do its work. After letting it soak in I rinsed it with my pressure washer (foamed like crazy and took forever...i think my mixture was too strong)



After rinsing FOREVER there was still some suds. I used my ice scrapper as a squeegee to get some water out before using my shop vac.



I then used my shop vac to get as much water out as I could and set them in the sun to dry..



Overall I am please with the results and this method leaves me optimistic as my shop vac I use is only 3.0 horsepower and soon I will be acquiring a rigid 4 gallon 5 horsepower vac with the specialty car care kit and claw attachment I cant wait to see what I can do with that!

 

[BobbyG]

Pressure washers do come in handy!! :dblthumb2:

 

[jhallhall]

Pressure washers do come in handy!! :dblthumb2:

I agree!! very useful

 

[tw33k2514]

Turned out pretty good. I need to clean mine

 

[jhallhall]

Turned out pretty good. I need to clean mine

Thanks!! gotta make due with what i got lol i just need to find a way to do the carpets inside of cars without an extractor....i cant pressure wash inside of a vehicle lol!! :laughing:

 

[Crazy Amos]

Thanks!! gotta make due with what i got lol i just need to find a way to do the carpets inside of cars without an extractor....i cant pressure wash inside of a vehicle lol!! :laughing:

Haha, I've actually heard of a couple places doing that!

 

[AeroCleanse]

Thanks!! gotta make due with what i got lol i just need to find a way to do the carpets inside of cars without an extractor....i cant pressure wash inside of a vehicle lol!! :laughing:

I found GTechniq W2 mixed 7:1 works great on carpets. Spray on, agitate, spray a little more, wipe up with a MF, clean!

 

[James K]

Looks much better. You could always remove the carpet from the car and do it.

 

[jhallhall]

Haha, I've actually heard of a couple places doing that!

wow people never cease to amaze me lol

I found GTechniq W2 mixed 7:1 works great on carpets. Spray on, agitate, spray a little more, wipe up with a MF, clean!

interesting..i'll have to try this out thanks

Looks much better. You could always remove the carpet from the car and do it.

thanks!! that is true...I dont know if i will do this with my camry any time soon but its definitely an option i will be looking into for a 2000 honda accord i will be acquiring soon..the interior is trashed and i plan to remove all seats, trim, etc to clean it up like new